Homemade Tallow Moisturizer for Natural Skin Care

Why You Need Tallow Moisturizer

Have you ever wondered how people cared for their skin before the days of modern lotions and creams? Using ingredients that were quite common on the farm, they were able to make their own natural skin care products – like tallow moisturizer.

I know what you’re thinking. Our ancestors used things like tallow because they were poor and didn’t have a choice. But it probably didn’t work as well as the products you can now purchase ready made.

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Well, you’d be mistaken. Yes, we’ve gotten away from using items like tallow for our natural skin care, but it’s not because tallow isn’t effective. We’ve just become accustomed to the convenience of store-bought products.

Where to Get Grass-Fed Tallow to Use as Skin Moisturizer

If you don’t have access to beef fat to render yourself, you can buy grass-fed beef tallow here.

Or if you want to try tallow for your skin, but aren’t interested in making this balm yourself, you can purchase a high quality tallow moisturizer here.

Making the Moisturizer

Because tallow is too hard on its own to use as skin moisturizer, a small amount of another oil must be added. Olive, avocado, and almond oil all make nice additions and are each great for skin care themselves.

And I always like to add some essential oil to give my tallow moisturizer a nice, fresh scent. I used grapefruit oil in my latest batch and it’s such a pick-me-up. I probably wouldn’t use that in the summer, though, since it can be phototoxic (cause a skin reaction when exposed to sunlight).

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Comments

Good morning. Just read this email. It’s sounds interesting and a cool thing to do! Question I have is: Can or is suet same thing or being substituted for tallow? Thanks. And seriously thankyou for this forum you have going I enjoy it. Only wish that you had more stuff in readable format on this forum and I cannot hear. And cannot afford the book bundles ? Marce